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A few decades ago, the United Nations established the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, covering such important topics like equality, personal freedoms and the right to have a family. Since that time, many countries are still struggling to meet these declarations, but the more information we have online, the more we can fight back against human rights atrocities.

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Prolonged occupation, a new type of crime against humanity
P U L S E

Statement of Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories on the International day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people: Geneva, 29 November 2010 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 wishes to express sympathy for the Palestinian people who continue after more than 43 years to live under Israeli occupation that daily violates many of their fundamental and inalienable human rights. Above all, the failure to resolve the underlying conflict between Palestine and Israel in such a manner as to realize after decades of delay the Palestinians’ right to self-determination is of urgent concern. It should be observed, also, that negotiation between the parties to the conflict needs to be guided by the implementation of several principles of international law if a settlement of the conflict is to achieve Palestinian self-determination. These principles, as s

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We need a passenger/tourist revolt against full body scanners
OntheWilderSide

Image via Wikipedia Update: Several groups are calling for an Opt-Out day on the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, November 24, 2010. More information is at wewontfly.com ____________________ Kimberly writes: I am serious. I would never, ever expose myself to radiation in order to go on some vacation, or even a trip to see a relative. And, as a NY Times story (covered at Yahoo! News) reported, if you do not let airport security do the full body x-ray, they make you do a full body pat down. Some choice! Obama and Homeland Security can pat themselves down. Their TSA goons ain’t touching my body every time I want to take a trip. I will stay home. Stay home and write nasty blogs and e-mails about them to spread around the world. If you thought this was something different than x-rays, think again. Here is a story at the Seattle Times that states the case. If you thought it was okay to just relax, and assume that this will pass, or won’t be at an airport near you soon, you sho

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Make Officials Responsible... Take Time And Sign!
4justice4all

    Make officials responsible… Less than a minute of your time, and you can help Zelimkhan Murdalov… Let’s fight for human rights… Take time and sign! If we all did are part this would not be a problem… Sign! Sign! Sign! Act now! Act now for Zelimkhan Murdalov, Russian Federation | Amnesty International www.amnesty.org Take action for Zelimkhan Murdalov, who has not been seen since 2001, when he was detained in Chechnya in the Russian Federation.        For all who are particpating in this years Write-A-Thon Remember to include SU SU NWAY go to http://amnestyusa.org/ click on cases You will find SU SU NWAY in Aung San Suu Kyis’ profile… click on sample letter, print and send… Delete bottom of the letter where it ask’s you to copy to Print and send! Take time and sign Act now (below) Act now for Su Su Nway, Myanmar | Amnesty International www.amnesty.org Take action for labour activist Su Su Nway, who is serving a sentence of eight

When private becomes public
LAW RESOURCE INDIA

SATYA PRAKASH IN THE HINDUSTAN TIMES Where does public interest begin and an individual’s right to privacy end? The question is being asked following the publication of transcripts of telephone conversations of lobbyist Niira Radia with certain politicians, corporate leaders and journalists. On Monday, Tata Group Chairman Ratan. Tata moved the Supreme Court to protect his right to privacy as his conversations with Radia, whose PR firm handles corporate communications for the Tatas, were splashed across at least two national magazines. Right to privacy In India, the right to privacy is not recognised as a separate constitutional right. However, in various judgments, the Supreme Court has held that the right to privacy is included in the fundamental right to life and personal liberty recognised under Article 21 of the Constitution. This right is not absolute and can be curtailed, but only “according to procedure established by law”. The Supreme Court has held that right

Media : Are We Ready for a Biological Attack ?
- Dynamics of International Relations -

There has been much discussion by national security experts inside and outside of government as to how Congress and the president should ensure that the United States is safe from a terrorist attack. But there has been relatively little discussion in comparison as to how we would respond if an attack did occur. Are we ready for a biological attack on our military or citizenry? Are we spending money on the right therapies? Do we even know how to respond to a widespread biological or chemical attack on the United States or our allies? The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has identified the threat of bioterrorism as the most significant weapon of mass destruction (WMD) concern as the knowledge, equipment, and pathogen components required to construct biological weapons are now globally dispersed. There is currently no single strategy to regulate or prevent the development of these threats. Immense spending by U.S. government agencies to advance single-target drug and vaccine countermea

NGO relief Criticised at Pope Paul VI Memorial Lecture
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World AIDS Day & Celebrity Narcissism
Defying History: Christian and Womanist Perspectives
Week of November 29th
Advocacy Minute
Revisited: "Does Article 8 mean the law should recognise image rights" - Hugh Tomlinson QC
Inforrm's Blog
Argument recap: Jousting over prisoner release
Prisonmovement's Weblog
Defense Department Study Shows Few Problems with Ending DADT
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Discussion: When honour meets morality
Maoni Yangu

Should morality be a universal law and can honour killings be stopped by enforcing a collective moral agenda?

Stop The Death Penalty! Take Time And Sign!
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Amnesty International USA Iran Must Halt Execution of Footballer’s ‘Temporary’ Wife blog.amnestyusa.org Shahla Jahed, the “temporary” wife of a prominent Iranian football player, could be executed as early as Wednesday morning.

Personal and Collective Responsibilities
DW's Language A Class

Q10: How much responsibility do you feel for what takes place around you: in your family, in your school, in your city, in your country, and in the world? List at least three responsibilities you feel for each level. In my family; ²  To be an academically good students ²  To be always healthy ²  Not to waste too much money, power such as electricity, water   In my school: ²  To support my friends ²  Not to violate any school rules ²  To behave well morally to teachers and staffs   In my city: ²  Fair voting ²  Not to violate any city rules ²  To self-control of actions that would bring damage to public facilities   In my country: ²  Fair Voting ²  Not to violate any country rules ²  To behave well as I represent my country especially when we are in overseas   In the world: ²  Not to waste too much resources ²  Recycle ²  Not to destroy the nature

EU Parliament Calls for Immediate Halt of Shahla (Khadijeh) Jahed's Execution
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Out of every ten people, seven can not live their faith in full freedom.
Doug Lawrence's Catholic Weblog

The most persecuted religion is Christianity, with at least 200 million people suffering from discrimination. This was revealed by the report on religious freedom in the world that is published every two years by the Catholic organization “Aid to the Church in Need.” In 21 of the 194 countries studied, there is hardly any religious freedom. The report notes that there are two types of religious persecution: one by policy and one by members of other religions. Read more

U.S. lags in Rule of Law Index
Maryland Legal Aid Newsroom

Preliminary versions of the Rule of Law Index already had signaled that its final report would not be encouraging for the U.S. justice system. But the results in the official version of the index released Oct. 14 still paint a surprisingly stark picture of this country’s standing compared with other advanced nations when it comes to incorporating principles of the rule of law, the ABA Journal reported today. The report, produced by the World Justice Project—a 3-year-old initiative sponsored by the ABA and a number of other organizations representing various disciplines—indicates that the U.S. lags behind other highly developed nations on all but one of nine key measures of adherence to the rule of law. Every major region of the world is represented in the index. Peer groups of nations are categorized in the study on the basis of income level and region, but not form of government. The U. S. is part of the 11-nation high-income group and seven-nation Western Europe and North America reg

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Passionists International

In 1977, the General Assembly called for this annual observance on November 29th. On that day, in 1947, the General Assembly adopted a Resolution which would change the course of history in the Middle East and beyond.  When the British ended their Palestine Mandate in 1947, they turned control over to the United Nations. The UN Partition Agreement of November 29th, 1947, divided Palestine into sectors: a Jewish state receiving 55 percent of the land, and a Palestinian Arab state, receiving 45 percent. Jerusalem was to be left under international control as a “separate body.”The result of this partition was the 1947-1948 war. In June 1948, the new state of Israel came into being. It comprised 78 percent of the land. The remaining 22 percent included the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Arab East Jerusalem. From 1948 through June 1967, Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip, while Jordan governed the West Bank and East Jerusalem.  After the 1967 war, Israel took control of the West Bank, Gaza and

Cosmopolitanism
Achilles & Aristotle

last week, in the middle of an all-day management board full of metrics, deficits, claw backs and targets I popped out to talk to 59 fiercely bright teenagers from 59 different countries on a Global Citizenship programme. As the bright faces from many places surged into the room, I was coming to terms with the fact that the projector was bust and my well crafted presentation on geopolitics and culture was in tatters. Ho hum. So I went for Plan B which was speak from the heart. I opened with the founding articles of UNESCO’s constitution from 1945: “Since wars begin in the minds of men it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed. Ignorance of each others ways and lives has been a common cause throughout the history of mankind of suspicion and mistrust [which] have all to often broken into war… And that the wide diffusion of culture and the education of humanity… are indispensable to the dignity of man and constitute a sacred duty whic

I am skeptical of Colombia’s Truth Commission
Talking About Colombia

Former paramilitary members, who voluntarily demobilized during Alvaro Uribe’s government, have shown discontent with their frail judicial circumstances. Close to 800 of them are facing jail sentences, and they ask for solutions—or else, will they rearm? The Santos administration hopes to set up a Truth Commission in which paramilitaries vouch to confess their past crimes and never to repeat them, and in return, their legal troubles will take second stage. The idea of a Truth Commission is to attain truth, justice and reparation for victims; to establish what has been happening in Colombia; and to contribute to a “historical memory.” In  turn, the perpetrator is forced to pay reparation damages to victims or to contribute community work in the victim’s community. If the perpetrator returns to delinquency, he will again face judicial proceedings. When negotiating the demobilization of the paramilitaries, the government offered the exclusion of prosecution in exchange for disarmament, re